Posts by cindy baxter
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@ islander:
yes, the cat is a very big, heavy tom (around 8 kg - panther-like) . Used to attack foxes in London.
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Aww I got all nostalgic when i read that headline.
"That Summer" is The Album That Disappeared. I tried to blame my brothers, and have since been caught sneakily ransacking their vinyl for it, but no sign. I guess that, like a great book, one can't rely on good vinyl remaining in ones record collection (half of which got destroyed when my mum's house burnt down). sigh.
But Wreckless Eric's "I should be lying by a tropical beach somewhere, underneath the tropical sun..." pretty much sums up this summer for me.
Took the decision in December not to work for two months - and managed to stave it off until 25th Feb. Piha like a millpond on some days. Splore: sublime. Took in a number of the other auckland events... like the summer series on Sunday, which went down well with some of that new cider.
...and more to come, it seems.
It's been so lovely that it's turned my head and I've decided to move to Piha, so recent weeks have been spent getting the house ready to sell. But the sun has poured light, invitingly, into every open home and the interest is high. The only setback was the cat biting real estate agents and vomiting on the deck before prospective buyers arrived.
But soon I'll be ensconced in, as someone called it, "Ponsonby at the beach." Hopefully there'll still be swimming there at Easter and beyond so I can wring the best of the sun out of those last few weeks ....before the winter sets in and I start praying for rain to fill the water tanks...
Cat v possum should be interesting.
:-)
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Ms Newman also leads the charge on ACT's denial of the climate science.
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Rodney is bound to launch into a climate sceptic rant at some point during this speech, most especially given it's Canada, whose climate targets are worse than ours.
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here's another, lighter - and highly amusing take on the same rally as the video you posted Russell.
Most of the audience didn't appear to get the joke, but that's not surprising.
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beautifully written.
i'm sitting here with mouth watering.
not sure if it's for the whiskey or the food.
perhaps both.nice. thank you.
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DANG - forgot to post another thing...
Flicking through these pages I read about conspiracy theories. Here's a real one.
yup, the US oil industry getting its employees to look like ordinary citizens to get out and oppose the Waxman Bill in states key to the senate vote on the bill.
A serious bit of astroturfing.
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arriving in here very late.
Shay: environmentalists don't slag off China - the China-bashing was a specific campaign by Bush, Howard and the oil industry who, as the climate science began to firm up considerably in the late 90's, began pointing the finger at China as the [future] problem [and ignoring historical emissions].
The communications strategy stuck, and was seized upon by the likes of Howard and continues to be cited by Governments across the world today as an excuse for inaction at home. Look no further than NZ and Australia for recent "blame china" statements.
Meanwhile the Chinese Govt announced last week that low carbon technologies will form the cornerstone of its economic development path.
It's closing the dirtiest of its coal-fired power stations. It installs a new wind turbine every two hours. It's got a renewable energy target. It's also now announced that its emissions will peak at 2050. Etc. China's got a long way to go but it appears to have been listening to scientists.
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i, too, read the herbal sex remedy story and discovered it was complete nonsense, like much of the rest of the paper.
interestingly, the story didn't make it to the website - perhaps web editors were more sceptical than the subs who put the print edition together?
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swine flu public service announcements from the 60's.